People of high stature always drew attention.
In the Middle ages, enlightened Europe is nowadays the giants burned at the stake along with witches: it was believed that too high growth indicates the presence of demon blood. By the XIX century abnormal sizes already began to arouse medical interest. Scientists have managed to discover the secret of giant hypertrophy of the pituitary gland causes excess growth hormone that causes the body to continuously increase in size. Here are some of the most famous giants of world history, each of which could become a basketball legend.
Julius Koch
2 meters 46 centimeters
Julius Koch, dubbed by enthusiastic press Le Geant Constantin, was one of the 15 tallest people known to science. Unfortunate suffered from congenital infantile gigantism: the development of the disease resulted was one of the factors behind the gangrene of both legs of a giant. Amputation extended the life of the poor just for a few weeks. 30 Mar 1902 Koch died in the Belgian town of Mons. There, in the Museum of natural history, still exposed his skeleton.
Valno Myllyrinne
2 meters of 51.4 inches
Valna was born 27 Feb 1909 in Helsinki and showed no signs of abnormal development until the puberty. Acromegaly a few months turned an ordinary student in the tallest man Finland.
Jack Carroll
2 meter 63.5 centimeters
Friends called Jack the “Ginger Giant”: to 263 centimeters, this farmer from Iowa weighed two hundredweight and the dispute raised yearling calf with your hands. Until the end of life Carroll was suffering from a severe curvature of the spine, which turned the daily farm routine in a very painful experience.
John William Rogan
2 meter 64 centimeters
In thirteen years, John Rohan was head and shoulders above any of the adults. By adulthood the boy had grown up to two meters and a half, and then scored another six inches, becoming at that time the tallest man in the world. Unfortunately, the explosive growth has led to the development of ankylosis, which has deprived the giant of the ability to move independently.
Robert Wadlow
2 meters 72 centimeters
Hypertrophy of the pituitary gland caused abnormally high levels of human growth hormone in the body Robert. “Giant of Illinois” appeared, ten feet, and the wind blew from the road, scored a whopping 220 kg. An overabundance of the hormone was so great that Robert has continued to grow even after the recorded death of the mind.
